New Leadership Video: Achieving High Action and High Alignment The latest in a new series of video tools for results-based leadership describes how leaders can get to High Action and High Alignment — a key concept of results-based leadership development. A simple grid helps leaders identify where they or others fall. Read More
Casebook's Unique Features Garnering Attention and Awards This is the last in a four-part series about Casebook, a state-of-the-art tool to help child welfare workers track and improve results for children in their care. This installment looks at the successes of the Casebook team in bringing the platform to market. Read More
New Casey Foundation Initiative Aims to Improve Job Prospects for Young Adults The Annie E. Casey Foundation announced today that it plans to award $6 million in grants over the next four years to increase job opportunities for America’s young adults in five cities, enabling them to begin building careers and develop the skills employers need. Read More
Year-End Giving Tips for Year-Round Impact The High Impact Year-End Giving Guide can help individuals as well as organizations with due diligence on their end-of-year charitable giving. The guide — developed by the Center for High Impact Philanthropy — presents good opportunities, free resources and global suggestions for securing the most impact from your philanthropic dollars. Read More
Indiana's Pioneering Effort to Adopt Casebook is Paying Off This is the third in a four-part series about Casebook, a state-of-the-art tool to help child welfare workers track and improve results for children in their care using state-of-the-art technology. In this installment, you will learn about Indiana’s pioneering work and results in adopting Casebook. Read More
Academic Ladder is Extending for More Young Adults KIDS COUNT statistics show that today’s young adults are more likely to have an associate’s degree relative to 2008 (42% versus 37%), yet more than half of all young adults ages 25 to 34 still have academic careers that stop at or before their high-school graduation day. Read More
Single Parents Raising More Than a Third of U.S. Kids 2014 KIDS COUNT statistics suggest that single-parent households are growing more common across America as 35% of the country's kids live in single-parent homes. Read More
New Leadership Video: Get Results by Understanding Person-Role-System Understanding the concept of Person-Role-System — and a process called B/ART — can help leaders achieve large-scale results for populations of kids and families. Learn about both of these topics in a new video, which is the first in a series devoted to results-based leadership. Read More
Letters of Interest Sought for Low-Cost Randomized Control Trials The Annie E. Casey Foundation is joining the Laura and John Arnold Foundation in support of its expanded investment in identification and support of low-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to build evidence of programs that improve the lives of children and families. For 2016, the Arnold Foundation has released a new Request for Proposals. Letters of interest are due to the Arnold Foundation by March 1, 2016. Read More
Regulations, Procurement Practices Have Hampered Innovation in Child Welfare Technology This is the second in a four-part series about Casebook, a state-of-the-art tool to help child welfare workers track and improve results for children in their care. This installment looks at the issues Casebook was designed to address and the obstacles it has faced. Read More
